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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Torres, Myriam N.; Hurtado-Vivas, Romelia – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2011
Family literacy has moved of late to the forefront of school reform, mostly because of the implementation of the No Child Left Behind policy. Family literacy has become a process of colonization: Standardization of the skill-based approach and Euro-American middle-class practices have become the norm for evaluating the involvement of all parents.…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Hispanic Americans, Parents, Parent Participation
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Torres, Myriam N. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2004
This "critical personal narrative" is aimed at deconstructing the imposed definition of Hispanic-Latino(a) identity to unveil its typecasting and stereotypes, although reconstructing it based on shared language, values, and experiences despite our pan-ethnic characteristics. Based on a deep and systematic reflection on my own experience as…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Personal Narratives, Hispanic Americans, Ethnic Stereotypes